The Messengers and ImPossibilities - The Truth Lives In-Between
- 7.30pm
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About this event:
- Category:
- Jazz
- Event type:
- Free | In-person
- Admission:
- Free No tickets required
- Location:
- Milton Court Theatre
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Artistic directors Sigrun Sævarsdóttir-Griffiths, Paul Griffiths
Sharing the stage again, two of Guildhall School’s crucial and creative ensembles, The Messengers and The ImPossibilities, perform a night of mesmerising and provocative music in Milton Court Theatre. These two collective ensembles bring GSMD students together with members of external communities to compose and create new music and songs.
Tonight´s music is inspired by the theories of Russian Philosopher, Mikhail Bakhtin who said: “...Truth is not born nor is it to be found inside the head of an individual person, it is born between people collectively searching for truth, in the process of their dialogic interaction.” ― Bakhtin M.M.
The Messengers write vibrant instrumentals and songs of joy and resilience that are both of and for our time. The ImPossibilities ensemble evoke space, time and motion with their fusion of jazz, global groove and restless energy. Together, they offer an alternate musical view of the times we live in which emanate from voices that compel you to listen.
Performers
ImPossibilities was formed in 2013 in response to a performance by the legendary Sun Ra Arkestra, at the acclaimed Barbican Transcender Festival. The project created a collective of musicians and creative thinkers to make music, sound, poetry and visual work inspired by Sun Ra, which would reflect the broad range of artists and art forms that his legacy continues to inspire.
Since its inception, students from the Guildhall School have collaborated with young aspiring musicians, poets and leading international jazz musicians to create new musical hybrids, under the artistic leadership of guitarist, educationalist, composer and Sun Ra archivist, Paul Griffiths. The ethos of this project is to facilitate growth and development amongst people from different backgrounds, with a shared passion for music. In line with this vision, the band has expanded its reach and now works with young people across East London through their Satellite Collectives as well as membership of a small group of young musicians in the band.
The ImPossibilities band creates a sonic amalgam of free jazz, spiritual sounds, roots and folkloric music, hip-hop, nu-soul, spoken word, groove and abstraction.
The Messengers is a 25-piece band of strings, wind, brass, vocals and rhythm section. With all original music, this unique band takes you on a journey of heart-warming, soulful songs about life and love, laced with cinematic grooves and lyrics that need to be heard.
The band is made up of students and graduates from Guildhall School and people with lived experience of homelessness, seeking support from London based homeless charities. The Messengers is delivered in partnership with MetamorPhonics C.I.C. who lead groups with adults in recovery in Leicester, Los Angeles and Reykjavík, Iceland. (metamorphonics.co.uk)
Venue information
Milton Court, based across the road from our Silk Street building, provides the School with world-class performance and training spaces, including a state of the art concert hall, a lyric theatre, a studio theatre and several major rehearsal rooms.
- Milton Court, 1 Milton Street, London, EC2Y 9BH
